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Re: Soup's on!!

Montana, they're the same bean, but processed differently. Limas are picked, then sold fresh, canned or frozen. Butter beans are limas that are picked, then dried, then cooked, canned or frozen. you cannot buy a fresh butter bean.

Heat up butter and olive oil in a soup pan and add the onion and garlic. Sweat for a few minutes, then add the tomato paste. Fry for about 5 minutes, keep stirring or it will stick. Add the chilli paste, dried mint and potatoes and fry for another 3 minutes or so. Add the lentils, mix well. Add the stock, salt, parsley and bay leaf.
Stir every now and then and bring to a boil. Let is simmer for about 15 minutes, until the lentils are soft. Take the parsley and bay leaf our off the pan.
Serve with a wedge of lemon on the side and sprinkled with fresh parsley. The lemon juice can be added as much as you like.
The soup tastes best when it is about 1 day old, so make lots to enjoy it a few days in a row.

Re: Soup's on!!

Great soups so far,everybody!

Mon,this is a good time to start this thread! Warms my heart when I see the recipes (though it ALREADY is warm enough in sunny ol' Singapore...we were having rain for a few days and suddenly the clouds parted and it's blazing HOT!!).
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Put all the ingredients except the parsley in a big saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer until the lentils are cooked through (about 30 - 40 mins). Remove from the heat and puree thoroughly, reheat and just before serving stir in the parsley.

I love this one's unusual taste and texture, and no-one guesses that there are apricots in it.

cook onion, garlic and shallot in a little olive oil and butter in a heavy bottomed pan. Do NOT brown. Add most of the apples and all the cider, simmer until reduced. Add the stock and cream and simmer for 30 mins. Cool slightly, puree in a food processor and pass through a sieve. Return to the pan and bring to boil. Season with salt and pepper. Fry remaining apples until golden.
garnish soup with croutons, chives and fried apple.

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